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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Wimbledon 1904
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wimbledon]
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TABLE B.
| DISEASES. | 1904 | 1903 | 1902 | 1901 | 1900 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cases Notified. | Deaths. | Cases Notified. | Deaths. | Cases Notified. | Deaths. | Cases Notified. | Deaths. | Cases Notified. | Deaths. | |
| Small Pox | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Diphtheria | 36 | 58 | 4 | 80 | 7 | 60 | 64 | |||
| Erysipelas | 42 | 1 | 40 | 1 | 46 | 3 | 52 | 0 | 49 | 3 |
| Scarlet Fever | 106 | 0 | 113 | 1 | 0 | 90 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Enteric Fever | 15 | 4 | 15 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 20 | 5 | ||
| Puerperal Fever | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| *Measles | 0 | 23 | 104 | 4 | 453 | 10 | 1069 | 17 | ||
| Totals ... | 199 | 34 | 324 | 14 | 1308 | 24 | 672 | 17 | 1315 | 35 |
* Measles notifiable from June, 1900 to June, 1904.
| Year. | Zymotic Death-rale. | Death-Rate From | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Small Pox. | Scarlet Fever. | Diphtheria | "Fever." | Whooping Cough. | Measles. | Diarrhœa. | Phthisis and other Tuberc'lo's Diseases. | ||
| 1895 | 2.03 | — | — | .51 | .03 | .74 | .06 | .48 | .9 |
| 1896 | 1.63 | .03 | .06 | .09 | .09 | .45 | .27 | .39 | .8 |
| 1897 | 2.0 | — | .06 | .17 | .02 | .2 | .45 | .82 | .6 |
| 1898 | 2.0 | — | .05 | .18 | .02 | .08 | .05 | 1.51 | .9 |
| 1899 | 1.83 | — | .05 | .31 | .15 | .39 | .02 | .55 | 1.05 |
| 1900 | 1.77 | — | — | .25 | .12 | .12 | .43 | .48 | 6 |
| 1901 | 1.5 | — | .02 | .14 | — | .31 | .24 | .57 | 1.04 |
| 19(2 | 1.02 | — | — | .16 | .06 | .39 | .25 | .13 | .7 |
| 1903 | .73 | — | .02 | .08 | .04 | .19 | .08 | .28 | 1.08 |
| 1904 | 1.9 | — | — | .12 | .08 | .29 | .48 | .9 | .83 |